{"id":20869,"date":"2023-03-20T05:51:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T05:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/20\/watch-trea-turner-crushes-pair-of-homers-in-world-baseball-classic-semifinal-against-team-cuba\/"},"modified":"2023-03-20T05:51:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T05:51:27","slug":"watch-trea-turner-crushes-pair-of-homers-in-world-baseball-classic-semifinal-against-team-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/20\/watch-trea-turner-crushes-pair-of-homers-in-world-baseball-classic-semifinal-against-team-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Trea Turner crushes pair of homers in World Baseball Classic semifinal against Team Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"keeda_widget\" data-postid=\"3893800\" data-slug-id=\"1439223\">\n<p>Team USA shortstop Trea Turner smacked his third and fourth home runs of the 2023 World Baseball Classic in Sunday night&#8217;s semifinal against Team Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>In the bottom of the second inning, Turner took Cuba reliever Roenis Elias deep on a 428-foot shot to left field to give the USA a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Then in the bottom of the sixth, Turner went yard again, launched a 396-foot blast to left center off of reliever Elian Leyva to plate Will Smith and Jeff McNeil to put the USA up 12-2.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"bets-today-poll\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"preview-card-holder bets-today-poll\">\n<p><span class=\"date\"\/> \u2022 <span class=\"time\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/trea-turner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Turner<\/a>, who hit a grand slam to propel the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/usa-world-baseball-classic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\"> USA<\/a> to a quarterfinal victory against previously undefeated Team Venezuela in Saturday&#8217;s quarterfinal, is hitting .389 so far in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The home runs gave Turner 10 RBI and five runs scored in this year&#8217;s World Baseball Classic. He has played in five of the USA&#8217;s six tournament games.<\/p>\n<h2>A win against Team Cuba would put Team USA in World Baseball Classic title game<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Trea Turner #8 of Team USA shakes hands with Mookie Betts #3 after hitting a solo home run in the second inning against Team Cuba\" src=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/03\/9ab64-16792733061762-1920.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/03\/9ab64-16792733061762-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Trea Turner #8 of Team USA shakes hands with Mookie Betts #3 after hitting a solo home run in the second inning against Team Cuba\" src-low=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/03\/9ab64-16792733061762-1920.jpg\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201279%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Trea Turner #8 of Team USA shakes hands with Mookie Betts #3 after hitting a solo home run in the second inning against Team Cuba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The USA trailed Cuba 1-0 after the top of the first, but then scored in each of the game&#8217;s first four innings to lead 6-1 midway through the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday night&#8217;s winner will play either Team Japan or Team Mexico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic championship game on Tuesday night in Miami.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tag-cloud\">\n<div class=\"tags-text\">\n<div class=\"scrollable-content-holder  article-padding\">\n<p class=\"article-p  \">Quick Links<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerLeft\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Left \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-left.svg\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<nav id=\"pnProductNav\" class=\"pn-ProductNav\">\n<\/nav>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerRight\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Right \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-right.svg\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<p>More from Sportskeeda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><template id=\"reply-input-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply-section-container\" parent-comment-id=\"\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pic-near-reply-box\" src=\"\" alt=\"Profile picture\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><br \/>\n<template id=\"gif-box-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><template id=\"reply-input-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply-section-container\" parent-comment-id=\"\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pic-near-reply-box\" src=\"\" alt=\"Profile picture\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><br \/>\n<template id=\"gif-box-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script> \nvar fbPixelFired = false;\ndocument.addEventListener(\"scroll\", function() { loadFBPixel() });\ndocument.addEventListener(\"mousemove\", function() { loadFBPixel() });\nfunction loadFBPixel() {\nif(fbPixelFired) {\nreturn;\n}\nfbPixelFired = true;\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? \nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, \ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '952063904834769'); \nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\nfbq('track', 'ViewContent');\n}\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/baseball\/news-watch-trea-turner-smacks-third-world-baseball-classic-homer-semifinal-team-cuba?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=sportskeeda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA shortstop Trea Turner smacked his third and fourth home runs of the 2023 World Baseball Classic in Sunday night&#8217;s semifinal against Team Cuba. 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